The Walnut Nightstand That Survived the Kids and the Dog
Someone on the team admitted last week, completely unprompted, that they spent two years pushing everyone toward the pale oak nightstand and it was, in hindsight, a mistake. Wrong wood…
The Wall Mirror That Looked Simple and Wasn’t
There’s a fault line in this team about round versus rectangular that no amount of living together has closed. Half of us think a round mirror looks like something a…
The Cheap Velvet Sofa Bed Versus the Nicer One
The real disagreement about the velvet sofa bed has nothing to do with the velvet or the sofa or the bed. It is about whether guests are an event you…
The Velvet Sofa We Keep Moving Around the House
The green velvet sofa has lived in five spots in this house and we are not exaggerating for effect, we counted. It started under the window, which lasted about a…
The Velvet Storage Bed We’d Happily Buy Secondhand
We spent a good three months arguing about whether a velvet ottoman bed was a good idea or just a nice looking mistake, and then a flat move with nowhere…
The Velvet Footstool That Looked Better Online
Someone on the team owned up to it first, unprompted, which never happens: the photo made it look like a soft little cloud you could lift with one finger, and…
Is a Velvet Pillow Cover Really Worth the Money?
The velvet pillow cover fight in this house was never really about velvet. It was about whether you’re the kind of person who eats crackers on the sofa or the…
The Velvet Throw Pillow That Earned Its Place at Home
There was a period, roughly two winters long, when this whole site was quietly anti velvet cushion. Too much like something a hotel lobby would have. Too shiny. Someone described…
The Velvet Curtains We Didn’t Expect to Love
If you go back through what this site has said about velvet curtains over the years, there’s a real shift buried in there. Early on the tone was mostly suspicious,…
The Velvet Bar Stool Nobody Talks About Enough
There is a running joke in the group chat that one of us cannot walk past a velvet bar stool without touching it, palm flat, like checking a horse’s flank,…